St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-23
SAINT PAUL. MINI, SUNDAY MORNING.


assist the belief that Lord Salisbury is
considering the scheme with the object
OF maintaining himself and colleagues
in favor by protfer of placating and
soothing concessions, even though they
be temporary in effect, Irish discomfort
being the only thing likely to turn the
tide of popular feeling with sufficient
force against the government to unSeat
the present cabinet. Should the min
lstry decide to deal with the question
of land purchase without delay COM
mittee will be formed comprising Lord
Salisbury, w. III. Smith, Mr.. Goschen
ana Lord Ash6ourne, to prepare bill
conlOintly with the dissident leaders,
who, of course, must be consulted if
the measure would be assured of ample
support to secure its passage. The
GladstonianS will introduce at the OPEN
ing of the session registration measure
embodylng the One-man- -One-yOte prin-
ciple enunciated by Mr.. Gladstone at
Nottingham. The Liberals are greatly
encouraged by the success of the Not
ungham congress, and calculate that
fifty seats tnat are now occupied by
Tories have been won for them by ma
Jorlties at least as large as those by
which the. Conservative incumbentS
were elected, and their chief reliance is
placed upon the registration plank
The disSidentS profess their readiness
to support measure to abolish plural
voting, but urge that the reform can
only be affected by assOeiating with it
the question of alteration in the dis
trlbution of political power. This i'm
plies that the constituencies would be
equalized numerically as far as possible,
and involves a heavy loss in the Irish
voting power and reduction of the
number of Irish members.
WITHOUT FOUNDATION.
The report that Mr.. Chamberlain in
tends to withdraw from the fisheries
commission is totally baseleSS and was
purely the invention of a cable cor
respondent. Mr.. Chamberlain has COM
pleted his arrangements for his de-
parture and absence until the middle of
February, and his last public appear
ance prior to his sailing for New York
will be made at ISlington OH Oct. %.
Since his speeches in Ulster Mr.. Cham
berlain has been the recipient daily of
numerous threats of personal injury
and even murder, but he has paid no
attention to them whatsoever.
The final blow in the case of Col.
Hughes Hallett, making that persons
position as member of parliament un-
tenable. has been delivered by Solicitor
Lewis, Miss Selwyn's legal adviser, in
letter stating that Hallett's Infamous
conduct toward the lady, together with
the circumstances under which he OBJ
tanned $500 from her. would have been
the basis of the colOnel's trial In GRIM
lnai court but for the fact that Capt.
Selwyn objected to his sisters appear.
ance in any court.
AT the Inauguration of the revival
movement of the MethodiStS' Central
mission. Mr.. SpurgeOn, in his sermon
opening the exercises, strongly de-
nounced the laXity of the remarks of
non-conformist preachers, and pointed
to the speeches of the MEM
bers of the Congregational union,
where number of speakers admitted
the decay of dogma, openly accepted
that their theology was not the same as
SpurgeOn's. The meeting of the Con-
gregational union is considered an I'M
pOrtant epoch in CongregatiOnalism.
In deviSing to Lord Cairns an income
of 100000 year his uncle, Mr.. Mccall
mont, stated that his desire was to en-
dow the earldom rather than to enrich
any particular person.
Nine Etelka Gerster will sail for New
York in the French steamer La BOur-
gogne on Nov. 5, accompanied by full
concert. company.
Josef Hoffman, the youthful pianist,
will sail in the Aller on Nov. II.
Grace Hawthorne has achieved phe-
nOmenal success at the Princess theater
in creation in whichs he assumes the
part of a stroller. versifed by Olive
Logan from Francois COppee's lie
PEASANT"
COREAN INDEPENDENCE.
The British cabinet is greatly eXer-
clsed over the news that COrea had
taken steps toward declaring her indie
pendence by appointing representatives
to foreign governments. England evac-
nated Port Hamilton after having seized
and retained it for several months dur
ing the Russo-Afghan war. a score of
years ago. i'll order to prevent such ac-
ton on the part of Corea, and then
entered into an alliance with China
currence of either of the following
events: Threatening or violating the
frontier of Afghanistan, of Iii, or of
COrea. Either of these to be caSus
belli to England and China. Russia ac-
qulred cOaling station at Port LaZareff
and threatened to permanently occupy
it. but was apparently prevented from
doing so by England'S abandoning Port
Hamilton. The very act of having once
taken possession of Port Hamilton was
a virtual acknowledgment by England
that China had no claims to suZerainty
over Corea and was just what Russian
statesmen desired to further their ends
in Corea by making it an independent
state. For years past, until England
discovered her error and advised China
to take firmer hold on Corea, the
Chinese prime minister always referred
the foreign representative to the Corean
foreign minister when they had disputes
to settle regarding the interests in their
various governments in COrea. thus Civ
ing Corea nine points of the law in
favor Of her claim to Independence
Charles Marvin, in an interview to-day
respecting the matter, said: Last au-
tumn. in the Army and Navy Magazine,
l published an article on The Value of
Port Hamilton in which l drew atten-
tion to the weak position of VladivostOck
and recommended that in khe event of
war the British feet, inste Ad of cruis-
ing useleSSly in the Baltic sea, should
drive Russia from the Pacific. The
value of Port Hamilton consists in the
circumstance that it is LOO miles. or
four and one-kalf DAYS sail. nearer to
VladivOstock than to Hong Kong. and
would form an admirable concentrating
point for a British expedition from
Canada"
Gladstone Fatigued.
LONDON, Oct. 22.-Mr. Gladstone is
suffering from bad cold, and is con-